Show LEARNING LEARNING- TO TOm m I c CHAMP ON YG LO AND ORT Sf D j Y WOM SW OF CA AMER O 0 YOU swim if not I wonder if It you realize how much of ot tho Joy f of ot 11 fo you OU arc are D missing A warm U summer da day a playful sea anI an idle ho hour u r a and nd aY a t I bathing suit is a I iI b- b Y happiness combI- combI l r nation j W- W li cS c.'S r C i ed cd only by those J d F i L who have tasted the Joy Perhaps you OU are ono one of ot tho the army of women who sincerely want to swim but have never novel been able to learn You have tried ao so often otten you have decided to give up trying try try- ing lug and join those Idlers with the fluffy flut- flut t fy frocks and rainbow parasols who never do anything more moro exciting than stand on the beach and look languid Or you might become addicted to bathIng bathIng bathing bath- bath Ing suits with a French fashion mark the tho kind they trim in chiffon and real lace and wear with Greek sandals far tar beyond tho the reach rench of naughty little wavelets Fortunately the woman really fond rond of or swimming for tor its own sake is vastly vastly vast vast- ly more in favor with the world at large than her less active sister of the beach parade Tho world has found out that tho the girl who goes in for tor outdoor sports who prefers to train her muscles muscles muscles mus mus- cles to suppleness rather than to havo have them squeezed into a wasp waist measure measure measure meas meas- ure is certain to be wholesome and clean of or mind Just lust as she sho Is healthy and vigorous of bod body In choosing your our bathing suit Bult let comfort and simplicity predominate over vanity If you ou desire to swim frills and furbelows are aro likely to defeat defeat de defeat de- de feat your our purpose even to endanger er your our life The Tho water Is a great leveler of ot fashions For ordinary beach purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses I advise a piece one suit Bult of ot bril- bril This material sheds the water water water wa wa- ter readilY wears well weB and Is 18 Inex Inex- pensive For tho those so who can afford the waterproof taffeta this material is unexcelled unexcelled unexcelled un un- excelled because of ot Its lightness Have Havethe havethe the suit made princess loosely fitted in at nt the waist ending in a plain skirt with pleats In the side seams to allow al allow allow al- al low plenty plent of ot room for tor the limbs Wilted Wilt Wilt- Wilted ed cd or shirred skirts Impede progress by up around the tho waist and arms balloon fashion Have Havo the skirt reach Just above the knees so it will not catch over them In the water Very short short reaching not more than half wa way to the elbo elbow do not Interfere interfere in interfere In- In with arm strokes Under this outer garment arment a piece one suit of tights should be worn These must be sleeveless cut out deep around the arms and neck like the track suits of ot athletes To do eto awa away with the evil of ot hose supporters it is better to havethe havo have tho the tights extend down over the limbs If It you ou cannot find those with feet cutoff cut cutoff off ort a pair pall of ot hose and sew the feet secure securely to the tights ts As the they wear ou out t the they ma may be replaced by other feet teet I Ibe Round supporters of ot rubber have havA tobe to tobo be bo ver very tight to resist tho the dragging of the water a condition which fosters tasters I tho the deadly water cn cramp so often experienced experienced ex ox- b by beginners Side Sido elastics drag from the tho hips curtailing the motion motion motion mo mo- I tion of at the limbs and atul annoying the swimmer with the possibility of coming coming comIn com In ing d down wn The woman foolish enough to wear stays when swimming is courting Ill Illness illness ill ill- ness or possible death The pressure of at stays is a menace no woman can afford to take with her into the wa wa- ter She mo may wear a fitted waist or brassiere to add to tho the neatness of ot her figure but first she must remove from It all whalebones As for tor the tho bathing caps there are arc few tew of them real really watertight Those laIn laying claim to this distinction with some authority for tor the claim must be beso beso so 80 tight about the scalp that they nearly nearly near near- ly Iy always cause headache The Tho warnIng warning warning warn warn- ing sounded by bv beauty specialists that salt water wl will 1 ruin the hair causing It to become faded and brittle is true only onh on condition that you do not ot rinse It thoroughly with fresh tresh water after atter the salt dip I get Set my head wet ever every time I go in the water and I have been beon going In ever since I was a 0 mere baby two years ears old Those who see tho the fineness the thick thick- thickness ness ILess and the natural marcel wave In my hair hall wonder onder wh why it has not suffered suffered suf suf- from constant exposure to salt saltwater water Mv My bathing cap consists of ot a large handkerchief wound around my head and knotted in n front It is s not waterproof its purpose being solely to keep the tho hair hall tI tight ht to my head When I como come como out I take it ft down and treat It to a thorough rinsing un under er the fresh tresh water shower drying It in the sun naturally Beach capes sandals and all an the furbelows furbelows furbelows fur fur- belows now In are pretty prett but they are aro by no means necessary In fact expert swimmer seldom bother with tho the accessories It Is enough that tho they are able ablo to frolic about in n the water like mermaids como come to laugh atthe at atthe atthe the exhibition finery of ot their less fortunate fortunate fortunate for for- sisters who ma may mere merely look the part without daring to play It |